LS adjourned for the third time amid ruckus on farm Acts

19:08 February 02

The Lok Sabha was adjourned till Wednesday following ruckus in the Lower House of Parliament by the Opposition over the farm laws. Opposition MPs raised the slogan 'take back black laws', following which Speaker Om Birla requested the Members of Parliament to participate in the functioning of the House saying that it is their constitutional duty.

18:59 February 02

Lok Sabha resumes after being adjourned for two hours.

17:13 February 02

Lok Sabha adjourned till 7 pm todayamid uproar by Opposition over the Farm Laws.

Almost all opposition parties led by Congess as well as BJP's former allies Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Shiv Sena created ruckus in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday seeking withdrawal of three contentious farm Acts enacted by Parliament during the Monsoon Session last year, leading to adjournment of the House for two hours.

Soon after the Lower House assembled for the day at 5 p.m. for the third sitting of the ongoing Budget Session, opposition parties came near the Speaker's podium, sloganeering in Hindi "Kisan Virodhi Bill Wapas Lo" (bring back anti-farmer law), and "Kisano Par Tanasahi Nahi Chalegi" (no more dictatorship on farmers).

17:07 February 02

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that the government is ready to address the concerns of the agitating farmers either in the Lok Sabha or outside the house. He assured the house that all questions regarding the newly inducted farm law would be answered by the government.   

"If members are ready to discuss the laws and issues related to farmers, the government is ready for debate inside and outside parliament. Had you started discussing and debating, half of the discussion would have completed by now," he said. He asked opposition members to let the parliament function for sake of the poor. "Parliament has been convened to discuss various issues related to farmers, villages and poor people," he said.

17:01 February 02

Lok Sabha resumes after being adjourned for an hour.

16:06 February 02

Lok Sabha adjourned till 5 pm todayamid uproar by Opposition over the Farm Laws.

15:22 February 02

Opposition parties move adjournment motion notice in LS over farm laws

New Delhi: Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and CPI (M) on Tuesday gave adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the demand on repealing all three farm laws in view of farmers' protest. 

Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut has also moved adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha and demanding discussion on Republic Day violence in Delhi during farmers' tractor rally. The Lok Sabha will meet today at 4 pm and the agenda includes the 27 bills passed by the Houses of Parliament during the fourth session of the 17th Lok Sabha will be tabled in the Lower House.

Earlier today, the Rajya Sabha MPs of Opposition parties created a ruckus and staged a walkout of the Rajya Sabha after their demand for suspension of business of the day to take up a discussion on the ongoing farmers' agitation against three farm laws was rejected by Chairman Venkaiah Naidu.

On Republic Day, protestors did not follow the prearranged route and broke barricades to enter Delhi, clashed with police and vandalised property in several parts of the national capital during the farmers' tractor rally. They also entered the Red Fort and unfurled their flags from its ramparts. 

Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. 

With inputs from agencies